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1959 Paris–Roubaix
The 1959 Paris–Roubaix was the 57th edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 12 April 1959 and stretched from Paris to the finish at Roubaix Velodrome. The winner was Noël Foré from Belgium. Results References 1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ... 1959 in road cycling 1959 in French sport April 1959 sports events in Europe 1959 Super Prestige Pernod {{Paris–Roubaix-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noël Foré
Noël Foré (23 December 1932 – 16 February 1994) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. His greatest victories were Paris–Roubaix in 1959 and the Tour of Flanders in 1963. Palmarès ;1957 :Dwars door Vlaanderen/Dwars door België ;1958 : Tour of Belgium ;1959 : Paris–Roubaix ;1962 :Tour of Belgium ;1963 :E3-prijs : Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne :Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders () may refer to the following cycle races: * Tour of Flanders (men's race) The Tour of Flanders (), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race held in Belgium every spri ... ;1967 :Rund om Köln References External links * 1932 births 1994 deaths Belgian male cyclists People from Maldegem Cyclists from East Flanders 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tino Sabbadini
Tino Sabbadini (Monsempron-Libos, 21 August 1928 — Monsempron-Libos, 7 November 2002) was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won the fourth stage of the 1958 Tour de France. Major results ;1950 :Villeneuve sur Lot ;1955 :Nantes :Circuit de la Vienne ;1956 :Circuit de l'Indre :Villeneuve sur Lot ;1957 :Circuit de l'Indre ;1958 :Eymet :GP de Cannes :Gap :1958 Tour de France, Tour de France: ::Winner stage 5 ;1959 :Agen ;1960 :Trédion ;1961 :Bayonne :La Couronne ;1963 :Mazamet External links *Official Tour de France results for Tino Sabbadini French male cyclists 1928 births 2002 deaths French Tour de France stage winners Sportspeople from Lot-et-Garonne Cyclists from Nouvelle-Aquitaine 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 In French Sport
Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the vicinity of Earth's Moon, where it was intended to crash-land, but instead becomes the first spacecraft to go into heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. ** The southernmost island of the Maldives archipelago, Addu Atoll, declares its independence from the Kingdom of the Maldives, initiating the United Suvadive Republic. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 – The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Impanis
Raymond Impanis (19 October 1925 – 31 December 2010) was a Belgium, Belgian professional cycle sport, cyclist from 1947 to 1963. He won Paris–Roubaix, the Tour of Flanders (men's race), Tour of Flanders, Gent–Wevelgem and three stages in Tour de France. Career Impanis became a professional rider on 2 October 1946 in the Alcyon (cycling team), Alcyon team. In 1947, he came second in 1947 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and fourth in 1947 Paris–Roubaix, Paris-Roubaix. In July, he took part in his first 1947 Tour de France, Tour de France with the Belgian team. He won the longest time trial stage in the history of the Tour, between Vannes and Saint-Brieuc, nearly five minutes ahead of second-placed Jean Robic. He finished sixth in the general classification. The following year, he won two more stages in the Tour, finishing tenth. He won Gent–Wevelgem, Gent-Wevelgem in 1952 and 1953. In 1954, Raymond Impanis joined the Mercier (cycling team), Mercier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Aerenhouts
Frans Aerenhouts (4 July 1937 – 30 January 2022) was a Belgian cyclist. He died on 30 January 2022, at the age of 84. He most notably won Gent–Wevelgem in 1960 and 1961 and a stage of the 1963 Vuelta a España. Major results ;1957 : 1st Overall Tour de Berlin ;1958 : 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Ouest : 3rd Belgian National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships : 9th 1958 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Road race, 1968 UCI Road World Championships, UCI Road World Championships ;1959 : 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde : 3rd Four Days of Dunkirk : 6th Bordeaux–Paris : 8th 1959 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 8th Paris–Tours : 9th 1959 Paris–Roubaix, Paris–Roubaix ;1960 : 1st 1960 Gent–Wevelgem, Gent–Wevelgem : 2nd Ronde van Limburg (Belgium), Ronde van Limburg : 6th 1960 Paris–Roubaix, Paris–Roubaix ;1961 : 1st 1961 Gent–Wevelgem, Gent–Wevelgem : 2nd 1961 E3 Harelbeke, E3 Harelbeke : 3rd 1961 La Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Van Daele
Leon Vandaele (24 February 1933 in Ruddervoorde – 30 April 2000 in Oostkamp) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. His biggest victory was the 1958 Paris–Roubaix. Major results Source: Road ;1952 :1st :1st ;1953 :1st :1st Omloop Gemeente Melle ;1954 :1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne :5th Gent–Wevelgem ;1956 : 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 1st Omloop van het Houtland : 3rd Tour of Flanders ;1957 : 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 1st Overall Driedaagse van Antwerpen :: 1st stage 1 : 1st Paris–Brussels : 1st Brussels–Ingooigem : 1st Milano–Mantova : 1st : 1st : 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 3rd Paris–Roubaix : 3rd Omloop Het Volk : 7th Road race, UCI World Championships ;1958 : 1st Paris–Roubaix : 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 1st : 1st Omloop van de Fruitstreek : 1st Vlaamse Pijl : 2nd Brussels–Ingooigem : 9th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana :: 1st stage 3 ( TTT), 6 & 7 : 10th Milan–San Remo ;1959 : 1st Gent–Wev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans De Mulder
Frans De Mulder (17 December 1937 in Kruishoutem – 5 March 2001 in Deinze) was a professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist from Belgium between 1958 and 1963. De Mulder is most famous for winning the General classification, overall title and four stages the 1960 Vuelta a España. He bested fellow countryman Armand Desmet and Spaniard Miguel Pacheco across 3566 km in 17 stages. Major results Source: ;1959 : 1st Stage 5a Tour de l'Ouest : 3rd 1959 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 4th 1959 Milan–San Remo, Milan–San Remo : 4th Halle–Ingooigem, Brussels–Ingooigem : 7th 1959 Paris–Roubaix, Paris–Roubaix : 7th 1959 La Flèche Wallonne, La Flèche Wallonne ;1960 : 1st Belgian National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall 1960 Vuelta a España, Vuelta a España ::1st Stages 4, 7, 16 & 17a : 2nd 1960 Gent–Wevelgem, Gent–Wevelgem : 3rd Omloop van het Houtland : 5th 1960 Harelbeke� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred De Bruyne
Alfred De Bruyne (21 October 1930 – 4 February 1994) was a Belgian champion road cyclist. He won six Tour de France stages early in his career and went on to win many other Monuments and stage races. De Bruyne had a great deal of success early in his career during the Tour de France. 1953 was his first Tour, his best result was making one stage podium, on stage 5 from Dieppe to Caen. In 1954 he finished 2nd on the final stage into Paris and won three stages along the way. In 1955 he didn't win any stages, but ended up with the highest overall classification he would ever have which was 17th. In 1956, De Bruyne won three stages in the first half of the Tour, but slowed a bit in the second half and could not add to this total. Also in 1956 he won Milan–San Remo and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, as well as the stage race Paris–Nice early in the season. In 1957 De Bruyne abandoned the Tour for the first time in his career. He won both Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Tours that year. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rik Van Looy
Henri "Rik" Van Looy (20 December 1933 – 17 December 2024) was a Belgian professional Cycle sport, cyclist of the post-World War II, war period. Nicknamed the ''King of the Classics'' or ''Emperor of Herentals'' (after the small Belgian city where he lived), he dominated the classic cycle races in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Van Looy was twice World Cycling Championship, world professional road race champion, and was the first cyclist to win all five 'Cycling monument, Monuments': the most prestigious one-day Classic cycle races, classics – a feat since achieved by just two others (both also Belgians: Roger De Vlaeminck and Eddy Merckx). With 367 professional road victories, he ranks second all-time behind Eddy Merckx. Van Looy is ninth on the Grand Tour (cycling)#Grand Tour stage wins, all-time list of Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour stage winners with thirty-seven victories. These numbers could still have risen had he not been the victim of a significant number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Desmet
Gilbert Desmet (2 February 1931 – 30 June 2024), nicknamed ''Smetje van Lichtervelde'', was a Belgian cyclist who was professional from 1952 to 1967. In the 1956 Tour de France, he wore the yellow jersey for two days, and in the 1963 Tour de France he wore it for nine days. Desmet won 101 professional races, including Paris–Tours, La Flèche Wallonne and Four Days of Dunkirk. His best result in the Tour de France was his 4th place in 1962. He finished second in the 1959 Paris–Roubaix. In total, Desmet won 101 professional races. Throughout his career, he was often confused with Gilbert De Smet, another Belgian cyclist with a similar name. Desmet died on 30 June 2024, at the age of 93. Major results ;1951 : 2nd Kattekoers ;1954 : 1st GP Stad Zottegem : 8th Omloop Het Volk ;1955 : 1st Textielprijs Vichte ;1956 : Tour de France ::Held after Stages 3–4a : 1st Overall Drielandentrofee ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen : 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roubaix Velodrome
The Roubaix Velodrome (officially Vélodrome André-Pétrieux) is a velodrome in Roubaix, Nord, France. It was opened in 1936 and has hosted the finish of the one-day " monument classic" cycling race Paris–Roubaix since 1943, and the Paris–Roubaix Femmes since its inception in 2021. The race moved to the current stadium in 1943, and there it has stayed with the exceptions of 1986, 1987 and 1988 when the finish was in the avenue des Nations-Unies, outside the offices of La Redoute, the mail-order company which sponsored the race. The shower room inside the velodrome is distinctive for the open, three-sided, low-walled concrete stalls, each with a brass plaque to commemorate a winner. These include Peter Van Petegem, Eddy Merckx, Peter Sagan, Roger De Vlaeminck, Rik Van Looy and Fausto Coppi. The velodrome is located in the ''Parc des Sports'', on the eastern outskirts of Roubaix, less than two kilometres from the Belgian border. The grass field on the inside of the track is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
